1.
I am a dead body
2.
My name is Kara
3.
I am a dog
4.
They will call me a murderer
5.
I am your Enishite
6.
I am Orhan
7.
My name is Kara
8.
My name is Esther
9.
I, Securé
10.
I am a tree
11.
My name is Kara
12.
Call me a butterfly
13.
Call me a stork
14.
Call me Olive
15.
My name is Esther
16.
I, Securé
17.
I am your Enishite
18.
They will call me a murderer
19.
I'm a gold coin
20.
My name is Kara
21.
I am your Enishite
22.
My name is Kara
23.
They will call me a murderer
24.
I am death
25.
My name is Esther
26.
I, Securé
27.
My name is Kara
28.
They will call me a murderer
29.
I am your Enishite
30.
I, Securé
31.
My name is red
32.
I, Securé
33.
My name is Kara

In this world filled with the threat of war and terrorism,
A problematic work that reminds us of the importance of the virtues of reconciliation and mutual understanding.

Orhan Pamuk, who dreamed of becoming a painter since childhood, developed an eye for art by copying the detailed paintings of Islamic painters from an early age.
He decided to become a writer and completed "My Name is Red" after ten years of preparation. In a word, it is a vivid record of the history of Islamic painting that surpasses even a documentary.

Set in the late 16th century, across a vast region stretching from Italy in the west to Egypt in the south and India and China in the east, the novel features Osman, who was the court painter during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent and produced the Book of Festivals, and Belizan (a miniature painter known by the pseudonym 'Olive') as key figures.
Additionally, the creation and demise of Bihzad (?~1564), a master of Islamic miniature painting, and the Herat school, one of the important schools of Persian miniature painting, are recreated in the present.
In addition, various Persian legends and folktales are introduced in detail, such as 『Huisreb and Shirin』, a love story comparable to Romeo and Juliet in Persian literature, as well as 『Leila and Meznun』, and 『Yusuf and Zulayha』, and the works of representative Persian poets and historians such as Rumi, Jami, Saadi, Lokman, Fuzuli, and Ferdowsi also appear in detail.

This work demonstrates that Orhan Pamuk's keen eye and insight into art and the arts exceeds that of a professional.
The conflict between the miniaturists in this novel is fundamentally contemporary, and in addition to the clash of civilizations, it also shows the conflict between the old and new generations resisting historical inevitability.
As we observe the conflict between pre-modern art theory, which aimed to perfectly imitate exemplary works and to approach God through such highly honed skills, and art after the emergence of 'authorial consciousness', that is, the concept of individual 'creativity' and 'creation', which ultimately leads to murder and destruction, we naturally come to understand why this novel is so persuasive to readers around the world today.

The individuality and uniqueness of each culture have value in themselves, and there are elements within them that must always be cherished, preserved, and protected.
At the same time, the world's civilization progresses while constantly colliding with new things, mixing, and changing.
In fact, the history of civilization's struggle over thousands of years has been precisely this process of progress.
"My Name is Red" shows each individual, or "human," within this macroscopic view of history.
It shows why they fight, what they sacrifice to protect their beliefs, and what they lose and gain in the process.